http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/NV [...] 872-3.html

I don't think any1 post this yet, anyways take it witha grain of salt

Another one here, not sure if it was posted yet:
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/ [...] count=1121

the 280 GTX is def not worth the upgrade if you have a sli config system already. Excluding anything below the 9600 GT in sli

Unless your going from a really crappy setup.

To all the GX2 owners and 8800 GTS sli/ 9800 GTX sli etc...unless you still don't want to play Crysis at Very high, wait for the next gen lol.

I would only switch over if it is 30+ frames than the GX2, and it barely does 10 fps diff.

Sigh*

vrzone looks bogus

but the forums.overclockers.com.au looks legit enough

Looks like gtx 280 SLI would probably be excellent performance - but I think i'll wait till farcry 2 and stalker clear sky are out to buy if these are the results =P

little ed: on that note i think gtx280 SLI will probably kill quad SLI in scaling, but we'll see

I'd really like to see gtx 280 SLI compared to 8800 Ultra SLI and 9800 GTX SLI, maybe that'll be in the THG review

This is what happen's when you get fat and lazy and forget you have competetion. Ati is going to mow this card over at a fraction of the cost.

Yea but given that comparing the gtx280 to a 9800 GX2 is a biased comparison given that quad SLI doesn't scale worth a crap at high resolution from what i've seen in reviews

gtx280 SLI will probably kill anything else out there


However i'm really curious about 4870 results now, if these are nvidia's final results i bet that the 4870 is going to match if not marginally exceed the gtx280

No it won't I've seen on Digg.com, the 4870 was aimed lower. The 4870 X2 will kill yes, but not the single. The single will be less than the 280 GTX

Its not biased to compare, since quad SLI is still a work inprogress and I did show you enough websites that show the card scaling well.

My friend also has it and he kills me in every game, so I still haven't seen a site using current gen Drivers.

We'll see when more sites benchmark.

The Advantage that the 280 will have is its a single GPu, which opens doors for most games on the market, but for games that are sli hungry our GX2s 9800 GTX and 8800 GTS (Ultra 8800 and so on) will prove to be along the same point.

To me that doesnt matter becuase in the end the result is still performance, people compare gddr3 to gddr4 without saying it's unfair.
So everyone was thinking this would be one of those 5950ultra to 6800UL thing's when in fact it was not even close to that.

Ati is now firmly in the ring with Nvidia with all the benchies showing the 4850 performing on par with a 9800gtx and with a price tag of around 199$ is a nuclear bomb to nvidia sales!

And i wonder sometimes to myself why have we not heard much of 4870? I think personally my opinion is that Ati know's something we dont.

Nvidia should know better...than to sit around a reap massive sales while not putting something back into there next gen card all the while Ati is lurking in the shadow's preparing a monster cheap card. God you would think Nvidia would know Ati better by now?

Source: http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id- [...] mance.html

fair enough, that is true the site you showed was a decent indicator - I shoulda bookmarked it for reference though for ultra high res >_> 1900+

Well, nonetheless my biggest interest is still in gtx280 SLI vs past gen SLI configs like ultra/9800 GTX (and yes, 9800 GX2 quad) - I think the proof will truly be in that pudding about the worth of this card for sure)

^A+ fully agreed, both Sli and Crossfire will still surprise us and we'll have to see what new drivers and solutions will do

I'd still like to wait for a full THG or Anandtech review before I pass any final judgments on either company's newest video cards but I will say this:

If Nvidia does clown this up, i'll just be switching mobos and going quad crossfire 4870s in the fall, laff :x

Ive heard they have made dirastic improvment's with the 4870 in term's of how the gpu's act together.

Personally I'd like to a see an neck and neck battle, haven't had 1 between ATI and Nvidia since the 1900s lol (ATI killed it)

We'll have to see, I mean nvidia stated that the 9600 GT was the best scaling Card of the series, and that proved to be wrong.

GX2 was told to be 2x's the performance of 2 8800 Ultras lol that was wrong. I just can't wait to see THG review or a trust worth site...funny how I can't think of the names now lol ummmm guru 3D, enthusiastes....blah

And that's why i cant see how Nvidia fell asleep at the wheel.

Ati has never been a slouch and nethier has Nvidia they both can open a can of whoop when provoked.

Another review, may already be posted, sorry. Also, is Google cached:
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cac [...] cd=3&gl=au

http://forums.ageofconan.com/showt [...] post947676

check that out


Long story short from what this guy was saying - in this Age of Conan game, the biggest scaling from the gtx280 came from the fact that it was /playable/ at (and I quote):

High Settings, 16Q AA, 16X AF
Shader Version 3
Bloom On
Text Quality in Nvidia Control Panel: High Quality
Maximum distances set for all the distance options
Everything else on high

"Now comes the good part. The FPS stayed the same, and generally felt as smooth as the old 8800GT settings I played at before. The game is stunning with 16Q AA on, and is definitely playable on a GTX 280. "

That's impressive i wonder though what resolution was he playin at?